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- Wind instrument (2214 bytes)
1: ...r of a family of [[musical instrument]]s. Wind instruments consist of a tube containing a column of ai...
7: ** valves adding extra lengths of tubing in the middle, or
11: Wind instruments fall into one of the following categories:
13: * [[Brass instrument]]s
14: * [[Woodwind instrument]]s - Woodwind instrument (3308 bytes)
1: ...by opening or closing holes in the body of the instrument. They were originally made of wood, as the ...
2: === [[Woodwind instrument]]s ===
10: **[[Contrabass clarinet]]
11: * [[Contrabassoon]]
37: * [[Tromboon]] - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ... flew too close to the sun and the wax melted, destroying the wings and causing Icarus to fall into th...
5: ...ings ([[Wright brothers]]). Modern planes are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that...
15: ...of interpretation of his design, with modern knowledge of aerodynamic principles in mind, was made. Leon...
17: ...ake place without danger, although when the first trials are made you may have to pay for the experien...
19: ... balloon was powered by a wood fire, and was uncontrolled, that is, it flew wherever the wind took it.... - Tree (23723 bytes)
2: ...The [[conifer]]ous [[Coast Redwood]], the tallest tree species on earth]]
3: ...ant forms, trees are long-lived. A few species of trees grow to 100 m tall, and some can live for seve...
5: ...y of the world's [[mythology|mythologies]] (see [[Tree (mythology)]]).
8: ...[Image:Raunkiaer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An [[oak]] tree in [[Denmark]]]]
9: ...pe and shape, bark characteristics, reproductive structures, etc. - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
5: ... major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
7: ...e magnate lived across the street at his winter retreat (The Mangoes). They were friends until Edison ...
14: From [[Port Huron]], Sam Edison moved to [[Detroit]], then [[Peru, Ohio]], and finally to [[Milan...
18: ...m. Some of his earliest inventions related to electrical telegraphy, included a stock ticker.
20: Edison applied for his first patent, the electric vote recorder, on [[October 28]], [[1868]]. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...on', and the colourless patches that confude prey trapped inside ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[pl...
2: [[nutrient]]s (but not [[energy]]) by trapping and consuming [[animal]]s,
4: ...row in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
5: especially [[nitrogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and rock outcroppi...
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875. - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ...reasingly mechanized with widespread use of the [[tractor]], so fewer farmers were needed to produce a...
14: ...]], who promised a "return to normalcy" after the traumatic years of World War I.
16: ...t]], which rose to record high levels, which in retrospect after the crash were dangerously inflated.
25: ...overseas due to the Great War. Absentee voting by troops overseas was spotty at best.
27: ...he 18th Amendment, then, represented the growing strength of the state in the early 20th century. A fe... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
26: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]] |
37: ...niwek]] people, a [[consortium]] of [[Algonquin]] tribes that thrived in the area. The word ''Illiniwe...
45: ...he [[Potawatomi]], [[Miami]], [[Sauk]], and other tribes.
51: ... the [[1832]] [[Black Hawk War]], the last native tribes were driven out of northern Illinois.
56: ...ng throughout the war, Illinois mustered 150 infantry regiments (see [[Illinois in the Civil War]]), w... - Thunderstorm (7337 bytes)
11: ...d, and last for less than an hour after becoming strong enough to produce lightning. Days with suitabl...
15: ... falling down through the updraft) and contain a strong, rotating updraft (a "[[mesocyclone]]"). These...
17: ...e known as ''mesoscale convective system'' (MCS) stretching for hundreds of miles. They are large eno...
19: ...tinuous development of updrafts along the leading edge.
30: ... cell, masses of moisture are pushed upwards. The trigger for this can be solar [[insolation]] heating... - Cirrus cloud (3505 bytes)
4: ...ouds-photo.jpg|thumb|250px|Wispy Cirrus clouds centre of image]]
11: ..., one of Saturn's moons. Some of these extraterrestrial cirrus clouds are composed of ammonia or metha...
15: ... caused by turbulence and wind shear, or by upper-tropospheric convection. Sometimes they are like blo...
20: ...push this dense mat out into an anvil shape that stretches downwind as much as several kilometers.
25: ...The next set of clouds are the rain-bearing nimbostratus clouds When cirrus clouds precede a cold fron... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
6: ...pan="2" | [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] J2000)
9: ...78,412,027]] [[kilometre|km]]<br>5.203 363 01 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
12: | 4.888 [[Tera|T]][[metre|m]]<br>32.675 AU
14: ! align="left" | [[Eccentricity (orbit)|Eccentricity]]
53: | [[1 E8 m|142,984 km]] [http://www.onasch.de/astro/showobject.php?lang=en&obj=p05]<br>(11.209 Earth... - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
6: ...pan="2" | [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]])
9: ...26,725,413]] [[kilometre|km]]<br>9.537 070 32 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
12: | 8.958 [[Tera|T]][[metre|m]]<br>59.879 AU
14: ! align="left" | [[Eccentricity (orbit)|Eccentricity]]
53: | [[1 E8 m|120,536 km]] [http://www.onasch.de/astro/showobject.php?lang=en&head=f&anim=129&obj=p06]<... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
14: ...pan="2" | [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]])
17: ...8,252,900]] [[kilometre|km]]<br>30.068 963 48 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
20: | 28.263 [[Tera|T]][[metre|m]]<br>188.925 AU
22: ! align="left" | [[Eccentricity (orbit)|Eccentricity]]
61: | [[1 E7 m|49,528]] km [http://www.onasch.de/astro/showobject.php?lang=en&head=f&anim=129&obj=p08]<... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
39: ...n a standard garden sundial, this line is the top edge of the gnomon.
45: The nodus may be the tip of a gnomon with an arbitrary (usually horizontal or vertical) orientation[h...
49: ...rble face, with markings inlaid in black marble. Traditional styles are thick bronze to prevent corro...
51: It is traditional for a sundial to have a motto.
55: ..., 6AM on the western edge, and 6PM on the eastern edge. In the winter, the north side of the disk will ... - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ... populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and wealth, first...
11: ...and, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the la...
13: ...ada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tan...
19: ...ries of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with [[Amazons|A...
30: ... applied in the account of this voyage. It can be traced back to a series of romances that were very p... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...hich is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] translation for "Messiah". The word ''[[Christian]]'...
8: ... which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
14: .... This describes the beliefs that [[God]] (as a [[Trinity]] of distinct persons with one substance) be...
21: ...[[Judea]]. After Jesus' death, early Christian doctrine was taught by [[Peter|Saint Peter]], [[Paul of...
27: ...; Matt. 27:26) and general humiliation that is centred on the given references. - Flood (7770 bytes)
2: ...niversal Deluge of myth and perhaps of history is treated badly as [[Deluge (mythology)|Deluge in myth...
5: ...es result in a sudden flood of water filling dry streambeds known as a "[[flash flood]]".
7: ...nstream and in locations where they break. The control of annual flooding, by dikes and by [[dam]]s, a...
10: ... cause disastrous flooding in some equatorial countries, such as [[Bangladesh]], due to their extended...
12: ...y low pressure, so [[sea]] level may rise a few metres in the eye of the storm. This type of [[coastal... - Shoulder (2182 bytes)
2: ...ssa|glenoid]], is a dish-shaped part of the outer edge of the scapula into which the ball fits.) Arm mo...
6: ... in the glenoid socket and provides mobility and strength to the shoulder joint.
8: Two filmy sac-like structures called [[bursa (anatomy)|bursa]]e permit s... - Hand (6764 bytes)
7: ...ns of the front paws from the hind ones. The only true hands appear in the mammalian order of [[primat...
9: == Structure of the hand ==
14: ...inger]]s on the hand are located at the outermost edge of the palm. These four digits can be folded over...
22: ... approximately 45?. A reliable way of identifying true hands is from the presence of [[opposable thumb...
43: ...sified nodes embedded in the tendons to provide extra leverage and reduce pressure on the underlying t... - Seismograph (4037 bytes)
14: ...ally prefer a vertical seismograph if only one instrument is possible.
18: ...integrated circuits. This makes it easier to construct a three-axis observatory in a small field or a...
24: ...ted, so the weight tends to slowly return to a central position. The gate is adjusted to oscillate on...
28: ...lectronic photosensors. The recording device was traditionally paper on a drum.
34: ...but requires very little care, and is easy to construct and tune.
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